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Operation Bushmaster II (also known as the Battle of Ap Nha Mat) was a US Army operation that took place in the Michelin Rubber Plantation, lasting from 1 to 6 December 1965. Prelude [ edit ]
Date duration Operation name Unit(s) – description Location VC–PAVN KIAs Allied KIAs 1965–72: Operation Footboy [1]: MACVSOG covert operations in North Vietnam and North Vietnamese waters for the purpose of collecting intelligence, conducting psychological warfare operations, and other activities to create dissension among the populace, and for diversion of North Vietnamese resources
southern panhandle of North Vietnam: Jul 22 – 24: Operation Cedar Rapids II [1] 1st and 2nd Battalions, 2nd Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation: Bình Dương Province: Jul 23 – Aug 6: Operation Koko Head [1] [30] 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division search and destroy operation: Bình Dương and Hậu Nghĩa Provinces: 6: Jul 24 ...
The Long Nguyen Secret Zone was a geographical area of the Republic of Vietnam, a heavily-forested area located between Highway 13 and the Michelin Rubber Plantation about 56 kilometers (35 mi) northwest of Saigon, in Binh Duong Province that served as a Viet Cong divisional sanctuary.
With further North Vietnamese offensives in the offing, the American government found itself presented with a double-edged dilemma. L'Armee Clandestine was the only Lao military force still ready to fight in northern Laos—but barely ready. Continued defense of Long Tieng could lead to their defeat and loss of the war.
Phase III of the Tet offensive of 1968 (also known as the August offensive or Third offensive) was launched by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) from 17 August to 27 September 1968. The offensive was divided into two waves of attacks from 17 to 31 August 1968 and from 11 to 27 September of that same year.
Operation Masher, also known as Operation White Wing, (24 January—6 March 1966) was the largest search and destroy mission that had been carried out in the Vietnam War up until that time. [6] It was a combined mission of the United States Army , Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), and Republic of Korea Army (ROK) in Bình Định Province ...
Operation Muscatine was a security operation conducted during the Vietnam War by the US Army in Quảng Ngãi Province, South Vietnam from 18 December 1967 to 10 June 1968. During this operation on 16 March 1968 the 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment and the 4th Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment carried out the My Lai Massacre .